Tamil Nadu Governor dissolves 16th State Assembly
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Wednesday dissolved the 16th Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly with effect from May 5.
The assembly was dissolved following polls in the state in which Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, emerged as the single-largest party.
Vijay is firming up support to cross the majority mark in the Tamil Nadu assembly, sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said TVK “does not have official figures as of now” and the Governor is apparently not convinced about the numbers so far.
TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member state assembly and is ten short of the majority mark. With Vijay also to step down from one of the two seats he won in the assembly polls, the effective strength of TVK in the assembly will become 107.
TVK, which made a spectacular assembly polls debut, has secured the support of five Congress MLAs.
Congress had fought the election as part of the DMK-led alliance but has decided to extend support to TVK.